Highly cytotoxic and clinically virulent methicillin-sensitive strain.
Isolated from a patient with a skin abscess which had progressed to S. aureus bacteremia, osteomyelitis, septic arthritis, and multiple systemic abscesses.
Has a high propensity for cellular invasiveness.
Displays phagosomal escape.
Anaerobically grows.
Fraunholz M, Bernhardt J, Schuldes J, Daniel R, Hecker M, Sinha B
Title
Complete Genome Sequence of Staphylococcus aureus 6850, a Highly Cytotoxic and Clinically Virulent Methicillin-Sensitive Strain with Distant Relatedness to Prototype Strains.